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As
Occult Fires
Burn,
Christianity
Fades From
Memory
From Jesus Christ to the Burning Man, a sad but revealing study in contrasts
Thomas Horn
Springfield,
MO —
An
article
by
Tim
Ross
and
Martin
Beckford
for
the
UK
Telegraph
this
week
cites
a
study
published
by
the
Church
of
England
concluding
that
people
"born
after
1982
-
known
as
'Generation
Y' -
have
only
a
'faded
cultural
memory'
of
Christianity."
Most
young
people
today
define
themselves
by a
"secular
trinity
of
family,
friends
and
the
reflexive
self",
the
study
found,
giving
them
an
"immanent
faith"
based
on
relationships
in
this
world.
"Fewer
than
one
in
five
young
people
believe
in a
God
'who
created
the
world
and
hears
my
prayers',
and
teenagers
were
more
likely
to
believe
in
the
'nicer'
parts
of
religious
doctrine
than
those
about
the
devil
and
punishment"
the
article
continues.
"Their
images
of
God
tended
to
be
of
'an
old
man
with
a
beard',
while
pop
songs
were
played
at
memorial
services
'because
the
young
congregation
did
not
know
any
hymns'.
In
contrast
to
the
Church
of
England
study,
here
in
the
United
States
the
pagan-driven
occult
Burning
Man
Festival
2010
held
a
few
weeks
ago
was
bigger
than
ever,
surpassing
last
year's
tens
of
thousands
of
participants
as
the
number
of
earth-worshipping
pagans
swelled
the
ranks
of
party-goers
from
across
Canada,
Brazil,
Germany,
Russia,
and
25
other
countries
to
an
isolated
corner
of
Black
Rock
Desert
in
Nevada.
As
in
the
past,
this
year's
clothing-optional
Burning
Man
offered
a
no-holds-barred
"Woodstock"
style
festival
where
neo-pagans,
wiccans,
transvestitie
entertainers,
curiosity
seekers
and
hedonists
went
to
trance,
perform
rituals,
burn
sacrifices
to
deities,
fornicate,
and
otherwise
"express"
themselves.
The
40-foot-high
effigy
Burning
Man
(the
"Spirit
Cave
Man"—
sacred
to
local
Indians
and
New
Agers)
was
torched
as
usual
together
with
just
about
everything
else
at
the
close
of
the
festivity.
UNDERSTANDING
THE
OCCULT
FIRES
PHENOMENON
The
spirit
of
the
occult
has
existed
since
the
beginning
of
time.
Like
an
insidious
cancer—unseen,
patient,
deadly—it
has
grown.
Indications
of
its
presence
have
been
felt
occasionally,
and
confirmations
of
its
actuality
have
been
documented
from
Black
Rock
Desert
to
Washington
D.C.
As
we
approach
the
culmination
of
the
"new
order
of
the
ages,"
cult
experts
forecast
a
continuing
revival
of
such
mysticism.
As
church
attendance
continues
to
decline
across
Britain
and
the
United
States,
adherents
of
the
occult
will
expand
their
"services"
to
meet
the
desires
and
mystical
interests
of a
spiritually
hungry
world.
New
Age
expert
Judy
Vorfeld
emailed
me
to
confirm:
"Dabbling
in
the
realm
of
the
occult
is
currently
stylish.
Even
some
Christians
seem
unable
to
avoid
the
attraction
of
this
colorful,
seductive
world."
She's
right.
From
Burning
Man
festivals
to
public
school
Environmental
Education
to
faddish
television
good-guys
and
bad-girls,
today’s
generation
is
lapping
up
as
much
New
Age
Occultianity
as
they
can
get
their
hands
on.
Whether
it's
comic
book
heroes
that
teach
youth
the
dangerous
Persephonian
idea
that
a
person
can
be
in
league
with
the
devil
and
still
be a
good
person,
or
the
syncretistic
goals
of
the
Burning
Man,
the
glowing
fire
of
pagan
revival
can
no
longer
be
denied.
THE
REAL
BURNING
MAN
From
a
Biblical
point
of
view,
powerful
and
ancient
entities
are
behind
the
increase
in
paganism.
In
the
air
above
and
the
earth
beneath
are
nefarious
progenitors
of
esoteric
mysticism.
"Demons"
to
some
and
"gods"
to
others,
such
forces
have
numerous
titles.
They
can
appear
in
hideous
forms
or
as
beautiful
angels
of
light.
They
are
the
"wicked
spirits"
(poneria:
the
collective
body
of
demon
soldiers
comprising
Satan’s
hordes),
"rulers
of
darkness"
(kosmokrators:
governing
spirits
of
darkness),
"powers"
(exousia:
high
ranking
powers
of
evil),
and
"principalities"
(arche:
commanding
generals
over
Satan’s
fallen
army)
of
Ephesians
6:12.
As
the
"gods
and
goddesses"
of
the
underworld,
they
live
today
and
are
manifesting
themselves
among
pagans,
witches,
New
Agers
and
church-goers
in
at
least
the
following
ways:
- Aphrodite—sensuality, fertility rites, wiccan rituals, sacred prostitution.
- Amun-Ra—masturbation, self realization, environmentalism, Darwinism.
- Apis—animal worship, animal rights, animal channeling, occultianity.
- Apollo—humanism, oracles, channeling, psychics, drugs, visualization.
- Artemis—goddess worship, animal worship, animal rights, lesbianism.
- Asclepius—holistic medicine, psychic dreaming, spirit-guide animals.
- Athene—goddess worship, feminism, the spirituality movement, lesbianism.
- Baal—oracles, polytheism, abortion, fertility issues.
- Demeter—environmental education, earth worship, goddess worship.
- Dionysus—drunkeness, freudianism, ecstasy, pornography, lesbianism, abortion.
- Eros—eroticism, mystic sex, body worship, body piercing, sacred prostitution.
- Gaia—earth worship, environmentalism, paganism, pantheism, sweat lodges.
- Geb—environmental movement, animal rights, eco-paganism.
- Hades—devil worship, occultism, spiritism, necromancy.
- Hathor—goddess worship, earth worship, animal rights, animal worship.
- Hecate—witchcraft, necromancy, crystals, spells, druidism, feminism.
- Heka—mysticism, demonism, animal rights, environmentalism.
- Hypnos—hypnotism, psychic dreaming, prognostication, e.s.p., clairvoyance.
- Imhoteb—mystic healing, animal dancing, holistic medicine, vision quests.
- Isis—wicca, witchcraft, goddess worship, magic, channeling, visualization.
- Min and Qetesh—fertility rites, body worship, sensuality, pornography.
- Osiris—occultianity, necromancy, anthropomorphism, occultism, spiritism.
- Persephone—animism, zoroastrianism, dualism, magic, necromancy.
- Ptah—universalism, pantheism, mysticism, holistic medicine.
- Sekhmet—environmentalism, mystic medicine, animal worship.
- Seth—homosexuality, rebellion, earth worship, environmental movement.
- Vatchit—devil worship, channeling, trancing, visualization, necromancy.
- Zeus—satanism, transexualism, pantheism, oracles, animal worship.
By
whatever
names
they
may
otherwise
be
called,
the
underworld
spirits
elevated
in
the
Burning
Man
are
gathering
the
combined
forces
of
the
kingdom
of
Satan
toward
a
conspiracy
of
apocalyptic
proportions.
As a
consequence,
we
are
experiencing
an
unprecedented
pagan
revival
mirrored
by
church
abandonment
at a
time
when
the
United
States
and
Britain
are
considered
the
most
advanced
economic
and
technological
powers
in
the
world.
WHERE
IS
THIS
LEADING?
Billy
Graham
says,
"Lucifer,
our
archenemy,
controls
one
of
the
most
powerful
and
well-oiled
war
machines
in
the
universe.
He
controls
principalities,
powers,
and
dominions.
Every
nation,
city,
village,
and
individual
has
felt
the
hot
breath
of
his
evil
power.
He
is
already
gathering
the
nations
of
the
world
for
the
last
great
battle
in
the
war
against
Christ—Armageddon."
Many
pagans
such
as
attend
Burning
Man
would
disagree
with
Graham,
saying
they
reject
the
idea
of
personal
evil
spirits
including
Satan
and
his
angels.
The
concepts
of
Hell
and
a
future
Great
Judgment
are
also
disregarded.
But
the
reality
of
Hell
and
the
doom
of
Satan's
followers
is
described
in
the
Bible.
The
"old
gods"
of
the
underworld
will
be
destroyed
by
Yahweh.
"The
Lord
will
be
terrible
unto
them:
for
he
will
famish
all
the
gods
of
the
earth"
(Zeph.
2:11).
"The
Lord
of
hosts,
the
God
of
Israel,
saith;
Behold,
I
will
punish...the
gods"
(Jer.
46:25).
Yahweh
will
also
punish
the
leader
of
the
gods,
that
old
serpent,
called
the
Devil,
and
his
human
followers.
In
Isaiah
it
says:
Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish Leviathan the piercing serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. (Isa. 26:20-27:1)
However
futile,
the
pagan
gods
will
retaliate,
and
a
battle
of
indescribable
intensity
will
occur.
This
is
the
war
mentioned
by
Graham.
It
will
be
fought
on
land
and
sea,
in
the
heavens
above,
and
in
the
earth
below,
in
the
physical
and
spiritual
worlds.
It
will
include
"Michael
and
his
angels
[fighting]
against
the
dragon;
and
the
dragon
[fighting]
and
his
angels"
(Rev.
12:7).
According
to
the
Bible,
last
days
pagans
will
join
the
battle,
calling
upon
"idols
of
gold,
and
silver,
and
brass,
and
stone,
and
wood"
(Rev.
9:20)
to
summon
"the
spirits
of
devils
working
miracles,
which
go
forth
unto
the
Kings
of
the
earth...to
gather
them
to
the
battle
of
that
great
day...[to]
a
place
called
in
the
Hebrew
tongue
Armageddon"
(Rev.
16:13-14;
16).
There,
in
the
valley
of
Megiddo,
the
omnipotent
Christ
will
utterly
repel
the
forces
of
darkness
and
destroy
the
pagan
armies.
Blood
will
flow
like
rivers,
and
the
fowl
of
the
air
will
"eat
the
flesh
of
the
mighty,
and
drink
the
blood
of
the
princes
of
the
earth."
Between
now
and
then,
true
Christian's
have
opportunity
to
preach
the
same
Gospel
that
caused
the
pagan
Oracle
at
Delphi
to
surrender
in
362
A.D. To
the
physician
of
the
Emperor
Julian,
the
Byzantine
ruler
who
tried
to
restore
paganism
after
Christianity
had
become
the
official
religion
of
the
Byzantine
Empire,
the
god
Apollo
sent
message:
"Tell
the
King,"
said
the
oracle,
"that
the
curiously
built
temple
has
fallen
to
the
ground,
that
bright
Apollo
no
longer
has
a
roof
over
his
head,
or
prophetic
laurel,
or
babbling
spring.
Yes,
even
the
murmuring
water
has
dried
up."
Whether
the
Gospel
will
be
preached
is
the
question.
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